Band 6.0 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 6.0 · Cambridge IELTS 15 · 2026-09-22

IELTS Writing Task 1 question

The graph below shows the number of tourists visiting a particular Caribbean island between 2010 and 2017.

Summarize the information by selecting and reporting the main features and make comparisons where relevant.

Student answer (Band 6.0)

The given line chart illustrates the number of voyagers going to a specific Caribbean island in the years from 2010 to 2017.

Overall, it can be seen here that in the year 2010 there were total 1 million visitors that visited the island, whereas in the year 2017 their total number went massively upwards as 3.5 million people visited the same island.

Firstly, it can be noticed here that in the year 2010, nearly 0.3 million people visited the Caribbean island and stayed on the cruise ships, while 0.7 million voyagers were there who remained on island. Furthermore, in the year 2011, the number of visitors who stayed on the island remained same, whereas the number of voyagers who stayed on cruise ship went up to 0.5 million. In the coming year in 2012, the number of visitors that stayed on cruise went down to 0.3 million again, similar to 2010 while the number of visitors that stayed on island their number went up to 1 million more than in the previous year of 2011.

Secondly, in the year 2013 and 2014, the number of voyagers who stayed on cruise ship went up, and it went up also the number of visitors who stayed on island in the year to 1.5 million where it remained same throughout the years in 2014 and 2015 as well, where only the visitors who stayed on cruise ships their number rose up to 1.2 million constituting of a total of 2 million in 2013, 2.5 million in 2014 and 2.7 million in 2015. Moreover, in the year 2016 and 2017 the number of voyagers who visited the Caribbean island fluctuated as the number of visitors who stayed on cruise ship rose up while

simultaneously the number who visited island staying on island their number felt down and then went up in the year 2017 forming 2.7 million voyagers visiting in the year 2016 and 3.5 million voyagers visiting in the year 2017.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response — Band 6.5

The student covers all parts of the task well by reporting the main features, selecting relevant data points, and making appropriate comparisons between visitors staying on cruise ships and those staying on the island. An overview is successfully presented in the second paragraph, highlighting the overall upward trajectory from 1 million to 3.5 million visitors. Key data points such as the initial figures in 2010 and the final statistics in 2017 are accurately cited. Although some minor details are described rather densely, the overarching trends are clearly communicated, fulfilling the requirements for Band 7.

Coherence and Cohesion — Band 5.5

The response has a clear overall progression and logical organization, with information grouped into an introduction, overview, and two body paragraphs detailing the temporal changes. Cohesive devices such as 'Furthermore', 'Moreover', and 'simultaneously' are utilized, though certain transitions are slightly mechanical or repetitive in structure (e.g., 'Firstly, it can be noticed here that...'). Paragraphing is used appropriately to separate different periods of time. Referencing is generally clear, contributing to an easy-to-follow flow throughout the essay, aligning well with the descriptors for Band 6.5 or a solid 6.0.

Lexical Resource — Band 5.5

The student demonstrates an adequate range of vocabulary for the task, attempting some less common lexical items such as 'fluctuated', 'substantially' (implied via massively upwards), and 'constituting'. However, there are noticeable word choice and collocation inaccuracies, such as 'voyagers going to' instead of 'tourists visiting', 'remained same' instead of 'remained the same', and 'felt down' instead of 'fell'. While these minor lexical errors do not impede communication, they restrict the score to Band 6.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy — Band 5.5

The writer employs a mix of simple and complex sentence forms, incorporating relative clauses and time-dependent subordinate clauses (e.g., 'the number of visitors who stayed on the island remained same'). However, there are frequent grammatical errors, particularly missing articles ('stayed on cruise' instead of 'stayed on a cruise'), tense inconsistencies, and awkward phrasing such as 'where only the visitors who stayed on cruise ships their number rose up'. While these errors do not prevent the reader from understanding the data, they occur frequently enough to prevent the score from reaching Band 6.5.

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